Tomorrow

The two took a table, their old table, in the Coffee Stop. It was one establishment that had survived the worst … More

Hand Holding

Termites don’t have hands, I thought, silently cursing my not-so-very amusing friend. Rod, who wasn’t even a licensed exterminator, had … More

Jill and I are hiking Tantalus, and as is her wont, Jill’s decided to be a trailblazer. As we wander farther … More

We five have known each other more than 30 years.Post-pandemic, we meet for coffee, jokingthat we’ve become the senior citizens … More

You surprise me, knocking on my door after 15 years,but I recognize that face behind the mask instantly.The last time … More

Whenever we met, Alan would gift mewith the latest collection of short storieshe’d found while browsing used bookstores. Whenever we … More

If you exist but have no friends, no circle of friends, are you a simply a dot? I was asked … More

We were sitting in her office, and she blew a cloud of smoke into the air above us,her lips positioned … More

When you can’t kill the deer it’s okay to say okay. Give in to life and let live. The one … More

Many years have passed, and I still can’t get the image out of my head,all the broken glass I swept … More

Here’s my rough draft for today, Thursday 01.20.22 Another Friend He was a ball hog. You should have seen him … More

He comes in out of the rain, slides off his lion’s head, grabs a beer, and leans back against the … More

I was trimming the mango tree that afternoon, a long time ago now. My soul is sick without you, and … More

You cover the hole in your throat with your finger to tell me the story, the odd scratchy vibrato striking … More

That was a long time ago and I’d never known about it. None of our mutual friends had mentioned it … More

We’d collected tops, when they became a fad, nearly eclipsing yoyos.You replaced the nylon or cheap metal tips with nails,then … More

What I remember of him was he never seemed to take things too seriously, the spin of him, how he … More

He and Mel had been out drinking with the gang, but everyone else had pooped out and gone home. Tomorrow … More

He sipped the tea, sat back in his chair, and closed his eyes. You can always tell a good Chinese … More

His plane had arrived late. Too late to ride the party bus. Sipping his tea, he watched the old woman … More